THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, ...

“ECOWAS is wounded for now, maybe not mortally, but it is in intensive care unit. It would require strong and proactive ...

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, has urged West African leaders to maintain open lines of dialogue with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its ...

Sierra Leone's president is assuming the rotating leadership of the Economic Community of West African States. Under previous ...

President Bola Tinubu last week handed over the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to his successor, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, with obvious sigh of ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the maiden African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit in August.

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under whose stewardship ECOWAS marked the Golden ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

New ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio inherits a bloc grappling with jihadist violence, military coups and a shrinking circle of ...